Louise Curley celebrates spring’s homegrown and low-carbon blooms, showing how to pick for months and arrange them in garden-gathered style

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Plantsman, designer and TV presenter Jamie Butterworth shares his failsafe planting combinations for different spots on your plot

With bold structural lines complemented by dramatic swathes of perennials, this Edinburgh garden designed by Tracy McQue stands out, particularly when etched with frost

Don’t wait for summer to realise your garden’s not up to scratch. The best time to sort your green space is now

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